25 Bible Verses About Right And Wrong (ESV)

17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

20   Woe to those who call evil good
    and good evil,
  who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,
  who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter!

19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

12   There is a way that seems right to a man,
    but its end is the way to death.

20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. 17 So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,

8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

6   Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.

10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

9 Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

55   I remember your name in the night, O LORD,
    and keep your law.